Description in Swahili
The common translation of description in Swahili is maelezo.
Maelezo is pronounced as mah-eh-LEH-zo.
Maelezo in Swahili is defined as “Ufafanuzi wa jambo, maneno yenye kueleza kwa kina jambo fulani.” (Explanation, words that explain something in detail.)
Other words that can translate description in Swahili are:
- Ufafanuzi
- Fasili
- Ikisiri
- Masimulizi
- Nadharia
- Taswira
Description definition in English
1. A spoken or written account of a person, object, or event.
2. A type or class of people or things.
Description synonyms
- account
- explanation
- elucidation
- illustration
- representation
- interpretation
- chronicle
- report
- narration
- narrative
- story
- recounting
- rendition
- relation
- commentary
- version
- portrayal
- portrait
- word picture
- evocation
- details
Examples of description in Swahili sentences
- Alieleza maelezo ya safari yake kwa kina. (He explained the details of his trip in depth.)
- Maelezo ya dawa hayapo kwenye lebo. (The medication’s description is not on the label.)
- Nataka taswira ya tukio iliyosababisha ajali. (I want a description of the event that caused the accident.)
- Nipe taswira ya nyumba yako. (Tell me a description of your house.)
- I got all the vehicle information and full descriptions of the people. (Nilipokea habari zote za gari na maelezo kamili ya watu.)
- Can you give me a description of the thief? (Unaweza kunipa maelezo ya mwizi?)
- Police have issued a description of the gunman. (Polisi wametoa maelezo ya mtu mwenye bunduki.)
- He gave a description of what he had seen. (Alitoa taswira ya kile alichokiona.)
- The beauty of the scene defies description. (Uzuri wa tukio unapingana na maelezo.)
- The earliest description of this species dates from 1703. (Maelezo ya awali ya aina hii yanaanzia 1703.)
- She gave an exact description of the attacker. (Alitoa maelezo kamili ya mshambuliaji.)
- He’s not very good at description. (Yeye si mzuri sana katika masimulizi.)
- He gave a very vivid and often shocking account/description of his time in prison. (Alitoa maelezo/taswira na ya kushtua ya muda wake gerezani.)
- Police have issued a description of the man who was aged between fifty and sixty. (Polisi wametoa maelezo ya mtu huyo aliyekuwa na umri kati ya hamsini na sitini.)
- There was a degree of exaggeration in his description of events. (Kulikuwa na kiwango cha kutia chumvi katika maelezo yake ya matukio.)
